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Models hit the runway for Fashion Fusion show

DATE: May 26, 2016 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Red, Watson, Scoundrels

Creede Repertory Theatre launches season with a spin on ‘Jeopardy!’

DATE: May 26, 2016 | CATEGORY: Performing Arts

NYC Opera announces 1st full season after bankruptcy

NEW YORK – The revived New York City Opera announced its first full season after its emergence from bankruptcy, planning 28 performances of six works in 2016-17 that include the U.S. debut o...

DATE: May 24, 2016 | CATEGORY: Performing Arts

Ex-Megadeth drummer Nick Menza collapses on stage, dies

LOS ANGELES – Nick Menza, former drummer for the influential metal band Megadeth, died after collapsing on stage during a performance of his progressive jazz trio in Southern California, a f...

DATE: May 22, 2016 | CATEGORY: Music

Madonna pays tribute to Prince at Billboard Music Awards

Madonna paid homage to Prince by wearing his signature color and bringing another icon – Stevie Wonder – onstage to sing the classic “Purple Rain” at Sunday’s Billboard Music Awards. ...

DATE: May 22, 2016 | CATEGORY: Music

Identical acrobat twins make you see double at ‘Paramour’

NEW YORK – On Broadway these days is a pair of brothers who, quite literally, put their lives in each other’s hands every day. Andrew and Kevin Atherton are identical twins who so...

DATE: May 21, 2016 | CATEGORY: Performing Arts

Jussie Smollett of ‘Empire’ learns from prank tweet

LOS ANGELES – “Empire” co-star Jussie Smollett recently caused a social media storm after tweeting a cryptic message that implied he may be leaving the show. “I was thinking like...

DATE: May 21, 2016 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Bad Boy concert rocks hard with Puff Daddy, Jay Z, Lil Kim

NEW YORK – Hours before Puff Daddy hit the stage for an all-star concert featuring his Bad Boy family, Jay Z and Mary J. Blige, he could not contain his excitement. He kissed Li...

DATE: May 21, 2016 | CATEGORY: Music

Arts Calendar

Friday Andy Janowsky, 5:30-10 p.m., Diamond Belle Saloon, 699 Main Ave., 247-4431. Dustin Burley, 7 p.m., Office Spiritorium, 699 Main Ave., 247-4431. Open mi...

DATE: May 19, 2016 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Yarn shop set to close its doors

For the fiber arts community in Durango, the closing of local yarn shop Yarn on Sunday isn’t going to be just another shop closing; it’s going to also be the loss of a social hub. ...

DATE: May 19, 2016 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Pagosa company stages taut Sorkin play

At the beginning of “A Few Good Men,” playing now through June 5 at the Pagosa Springs Center for the Arts, two Marines stand at attention. They identify themselves and recite the charges ag...

DATE: May 19, 2016 | CATEGORY: Performing Arts

Third time’s a charm for mystery series

Scott Graham launching new book

DATE: May 19, 2016 | CATEGORY: Books

Photos: Local girls high school wrestling at La Plata TriDurango girls wrestling went 2-0 to win Tri on Thursday night at Bayfield

Durango girls wrestling went 2-0 to win Tri on Thursday night at Bayfield

Photos: Fort Lewis College women’s and men’s basketball take on Westminster UniversityBoth Skyhawks teams were victorious on Saturday afternoon

Both Skyhawks teams were victorious on Saturday afternoon

Photos: An afternoon in 2004 with the late Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell as he works on Capitol HillDurango Herald Photo Editor Jerry McBride had the chance to spend an afternoon with the late Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell in 2004, photographing him during meetings and around the Capitol.

Durango Herald Photo Editor Jerry McBride had the chance to spend an afternoon with the late Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell in 2004, photographing him during meetings and around the Capitol.

Photos and video: ICE protests return to DurangoAbout a dozen protesters tried to block federal agents from leaving with a detainee on Thursday